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The relationship between Stress, Strain and Social Capital
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2010
correlated with a lower level of strain. From a policy perspective, our findings suggest that stress reduction programs should …This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress …, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294804
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Deterrence through word of mouth
Rincke, Johannes; Traxler, Christian - 2009
The deterrent effect of law enforcement rests on the link between the actual and the perceived detection risk. We study the role of word of mouth for this linkage. Our approach makes use of micro data on compliance with TV license fees allowing us to distinguish between households who have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264559
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field : legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266015
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Deterrence through word of mouth
Rincke, Johannes; Traxler, Christian - 2009
The deterrent effect of law enforcement rests on the link between the actual and the perceived detection risk. We study the role of word of mouth for this linkage. Our approach makes use of micro data on compliance with TV license fees allowing us to distinguish between households who have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266965
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Testing enforcement strategies in the field: legal threat, moral appeal and social information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267008
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The determinants of asset stripping: theory and evidence from the transition economies
Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - 2005
During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267582
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Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294768
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Do less-violent technologies result in less violence? A theoretical investigation applied to the use of tasers by law enforcement
McCannon, Bryan C. - 2009
The use of a taser by law enforcement can substitute for either a gun (a more-violent technology) or a mildly-violent technology (such as pepper spray or hands-on tactics). Which is used affects both the severity of harm when used and the amount of resistance, which affects how often it must be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298824
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Deterrence in Competition Law
Buccirossi, Paolo; Ciari, Lorenzo; Duso, Tomaso; … - 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the deterrence properties of a competition policy regime. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333768
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Gov-arrrgh-nance: Jolly Rogers and Dodgy Rulers
De Groot, Olaf J.; Shortland, Anja - 2010
In this paper, we argue that the effect of governance on the emergence of crimes of different levels of sophistication is highly non-linear. State failure, anarchy and a lack of infrastructure are not conducive to establishing any business, including illicit enterprises. At the bottom of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285742